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There are scenes devoted to the presentation of booty and prisoners to the god Amen-Re.
The caption over one reads:
"Presentation of tribute by His Majesty to his father Amen...consisting of silver,
gold, lapis-lazuli, turquoise, red jasper and every sort of precious stone. The chiefs
of the hill countries are in his grasp to fill the workshops of his father Amen."
The hieroglyphic texts also record speeches by the god praising the king for his actions
and gifts:
"Welcome in peace. I make you victorious over every foreign land and set fear of you
in the heart of the Nine Bows (= all foreign countries). Their chiefs come to you
their tribute on their backs!"

Seti I presents Canaanite prisoners and booty to the Theban Triad of Amun-Re, Mut
and Khonsu at the temple of Karnak.

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